Iraqi archaeologist Clara Tannenberg and her husband, Ahmed Husseini, are putting together a team to seek cuneiform tablets that tell Abraham's version of creation, etched on clay a thousand years before the Old Testament version.
The announcement that they will seek these religious artifacts has particular significance given that an invasion of Iraq is imminent. Several different factions are concerned about what the discovery of such tablets would mean to religion today.
Ms. Navarro has crafted an intriguing adventure book that has what sells today: a dash of politics, a cupful of religious artifacts and lore, and brave characters determined to find the truth against all odds. The novel starts off slow, but moves quickly into the frantic pace that is so popular in this style of fiction.
From the internationally bestselling author of The
Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud comes this electrifying
new suspense thriller about a biblical discovery in the
remote Iraqi desertβand a deadly struggle being waged on
the eve of war to uncover a truth thatβs waited 3,000
years to be toldβ¦.In St. Peterβs Basilica,
a man sits in a confessional asking forgiveness for a
murder heβs about to commit. And a young priest begins a
desperate journey to stop him.β¦Itβs only
the beginning of a ruthless race among the worldβs most
powerful to find a rumored cache of sacred texts inscribed
with the story of Creation as told by Abraham. This
account, on tablets of clay, predates the Bible by a
thousand years and could be one of the most important
discoveries of all time.Archaeologist Clara
Tannenbergβs announcement of an excavation to seek the
tablets has set off shock waves of outrage, contempt, and
outright disbelief. But among four old friends, bound
through decades by shared tragedy, the announcement has
renewed their hunger for revenge. For Claraβs reclusive,
infamous grandfather Alfred is a man as feared as he is
hated and his enemies will stop at nothing to destroy himβ
and use anything as a weaponβ¦even his
granddaughter.Among rumors of Iraqβs imminent
invasion, time is already running out. As Clara and her
husband Ahmed put together a ragtag team of renegade
archaeologists and inexperienced students to excavate the
Bible of Clay from deep within the heart of Iraq, another
far more sinister team is determined to get there first.
For Alfred Tannenberg has roots that reach deeply into the
horrors of Nazi Germany and theyβve come to fruition in
todayβs highest precincts of power.Sweeping from
the time of the biblical patriarchs to the front lines of
the Iraqi conflict to the parties and back rooms of
Washington D.C., and other centers of influence, The
Bible of Clay is a thriller of unrelenting, thought-
provoking, and all-too-plausible suspense.
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